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I have been to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Raratonga, which is also a part of the British Empire, though it is about the size of a twenty-five cent piece in comparison to Canada, and India, and any others you can think of.
Tennis in the Empire 1937
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The Raratonga is the name of the boat I have in my mind -- best boat that ever wore copper.
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Here, fondly supposing my long day was over, I rubbed down; exquisite agony; water spreads the poison of these weeds; I got it all over my hands, on my chest, in my eyes, and presently, while eating an orange, a la Raratonga, burned my lip and eye with orange juice.
Vailima Letters 2005
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Far away from Europe, at Raratonga, in the Pacific, when a childs tooth was extracted, the following prayer used to be recited:
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Far away from Europe, at Raratonga, in the Pacific, when a child's tooth was extracted, the following prayer used to be recited:
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Williams, the martyr missionary of Erromanga, viewed the introduction of bonnets among the women of Raratonga; but it was not the greatest of his triumphs after all.
Mushrooms on the Moor Frank Boreham 1915
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It was on the 10th of May, so quickly did things move under the supervision of the bedridden captain, that the Raratonga, with
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The breeze was not quite so fresh next morning, but it had been blowing fairly all the night, and the Raratonga had made good way.
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They lasted some days, and then, as if Fate had relented, up sprang on the starboard quarter a spanking breeze, making the rigging sing to a merry tune, and blowing the spindrift from the forefoot, as the Raratonga, heeling to its pressure, went humming through the sea, leaving a wake spreading behind her like a fan.
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A tall Cape Horner that looked almost a twin sister of the ill-fated Northumberland was discharging iron, and astern of her, graceful as a dream, with snow-white decks, lay the Raratonga discharging copra.
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